IMC 2013: Sessions
Session 503: The Practicability of Penance
Tuesday 2 July 2013, 09.00-10.30
| Sponsor: | Historisches Seminar, Mittelalterliche Geschichte, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz |
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| Organiser: | Ludger Körntgen, Historisches Seminar, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz |
| Moderator/Chair: | Ludger Körntgen, Historisches Seminar, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz |
| Paper 503-a | Confession and Marriage Counselling (Language: English) Index terms: Canon Law, Ecclesiastical History, Gender Studies, Lay Piety |
| Paper 503-b | Penance and Lay Piety in 10th- and 11th-Century England (Language: English) Index terms: Anthropology, Canon Law, Ecclesiastical History, Lay Piety |
| Paper 503-c | The Liber Corrector: A Practical Guide for Penance? (Language: English) Index terms: Canon Law, Daily Life, Ecclesiastical History |
| Abstract | Penance and its practice had been a most virulent concern in early medieval Christianity. This is documented by a great number of sources which also give a variety of insights into early medieval society. The value of these sources for research on both mentality and penitential practice has been widely discussed during the last decades. This section will offer new approaches to both clerical and lay perspectives on penance and ask whether there were efforts to create a 'practicability' of penance. The papers will take a closer look on material including penitentials as confessional manuals, vernacular confessional prayers and sources for lay piety, as well as sources with a canonical focus. |